Wow. Predators are getting brave!

[Jade Sapphire Emerald]

Only in Florida, indeed!

[Mairte]

LOL, I guess there ARE worse things than coyotes!! 

[groomporter]

Of course it's not the predators I worry about so much as the aliens... 

[Mairte]

Aliens....hmmmm....SO not going to go there.  
Another interesting thing. I was dumping out compost before it snowed here. I had a rabbit I was feeding but apparently the rabbit has become supper for something else.(Chain of life I guess.Sigh.) I saw where whatever this was had chased it around for a good while before catching it.
I was curious about the tracks because they were so large, I was thinking canine but they didnt look like any dog tracks I ever saw.
Someone said a wolf but I wasnt aware we had them down here?

[Anna Iram]

Did the tracks look like these?

http://jmichaelms.tripod.com/HIS/

[Merlin the Elder]

Did the tracks look like these?

http://jmichaelms.tripod.com/HIS/

hehehe...I think every state must have its own "monster." If I'm not mistaken, there are two or three here in Arkansas (not counting me).

Most Arkies are unaware of the fact that mountain lions (cougars [No, damn it! I'm not talking about that kind of cougar!]) exist within our borders (Wiki seems to be unaware as well). They have also been confirmed in Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota. In these central states, it appears to be very small populations, but I know of numerous hunters, mountain bikers, and hikers that have either seen the signs, or actually seen the animals in the Ouachita Mountains just west of Little Rock.

Since black bear were reintroduced to Arkansas several decades ago, they occasionally wander into Little Rock.

The predator that I'm the most fearful of, however, walks upright and carries a cell-phone.

[Welsh Wench]

We have our own legendary 'monster'.

May I present 'The Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay'...




He is very fond of throwing his excrement at Vernon Yates, a wildlife trapper here.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/st-petersburgs-mystery-monkey-swings-into-pool-cage-falls-in-pool-escapes/1081779

He even has his own song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BANoPqYTqwE

[Bob of the Lake]

Here in New Jersey, our monster is the Jersey Devil:

http://theshadowlands.net/jd.htm

Fortunately, it stays in the Pine Barrens down south, so I don't have to worry too much about an encounter.

[Mairte]

I dont think this was any sort of "monster". Just an animal. A canine something or other.
A few years ago a woman around here heard her dog barking, she went out to check and there was a cougar stalking the dog.
There is a lot more wildlife than people are aware of, thats for sure.

[Becky10]

Wowza, there were two more coyotes by my house today, well actually they had crossed a major street to a more populated area. They looked scared to death. Mind you that may have been from me freaking out like a nut (I wasnt expecting it.)

[Mairte]

Yeah, when you arent expecting them, it can be a bit of a shock!!

[Sitara]

I was sleeping in my van in the MNRF parking lot a couple years back and awoke to some yipping.  I looked outside and there were about a dozen coyotes eating the garbage left out there.

[groomporter]

Yeah we saw one crossing the back road, over by the horse ranch as we were leaving one night

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

Here in S.E. Texas, you have all the wonderful critters, that could make a meal out of you, that you could want!  Gators, wild hogs, 'yotes, a few cougars/pumas, black bear... as well as Copperheads, Water Moccasins, Canebreak Rattlesnakes, Alligator Snapping Turtles and a couple of Wooley Boogers.... 

[Mairte]

LOL, what FUN. I lived in west texas for six years....kind of miss it sometimes. I dont miss the scorpions, tarantulas, sand fleas, ticks or feral dog packs!!!